From the Publisher

Every month Raj Nandan, Indesign’s Founder and Publisher, will be wrapping up the various happenings and big news items that have hit the industry. It’s a curation of things from both us, and our industry friends, so you’ll never miss a beat again…

From our camp, we were really pleased to launch The Collection – a comprehensive directory to help you with specifying. If you’ve not already seen it, take a look. We also announced the jury for Launch Pad 2018, and it’s chock full of industrial design talent – including Benjamin Hubert, Michael Young, Henry Wilson and Tom Skeehan. And there’s a bit over a week left to enter. We’ve also been quietly working away on a new specifier event that cuts away the usual fanfare seen in tradeshows. If you haven’t come across FRONT yet, take a look here and mark 9-10 August in your diary. More to come soon though.

All design lovers in Sydney and Melbourne best get prepared, the next two weeks will see Sydney Design Festival and Melbourne Design Week take over the cities. Expect your evenings and weekends to be filled with design inspiration. Plus, it’s the perfect opportunity to enjoy a cheeky drink and do some mingling. In other design event announcements, Denfair will be coming to Sydney… But the question remains, will the Sydney crowds embrace the Melbourne event?

Despite all the reasons to pop the champagne, we have sadly said goodbye to three industry stalwarts. Michael Crouch AC not only pioneered Zip Water, he was a huge advocate for design and the arts. It’s an understatement to say it’s a huge loss. The same can be said for Judith Sutton, who founded Woven Image, our thoughts are with the family. We were also very sad to hear of the passing of Janne Faulkner AM. As an Indesign Luminary, Janne was truly one of Australia’s interior design greats, we pay homage to her work at the helm of Nexus by re-publishing her Luminary profile from the archives.